§ 23-11-35 — Definitions

North Dakota § 23-11-35

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 23: Health and Safety
• Ch. 23-11: Housing Authorities Law

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As used in sections 23-11-31 to 23-11-36:
1. "Administration" means any and all undertakings necessary for management,
operation, or maintenance, in connection with any project, and includes the leasing of
any project, in whole or in part, from the federal government.
2. "Development" means any and all undertakings necessary for the planning, land
acquisition, demolition, financing, construction, or equipment in connection with a
project, including the negotiation or award of contracts therefor, and includes the
acquisition of any project, in whole or in part, from the federal government.
3. "Federal government" means the United States of America or any agency or
instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.

4. "Housing authority" means any housing authority established or hereafter established
pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
5. "Persons engaged in national defense activities" includes enlisted men in the military
and naval services of the United States, employees of the war and navy departments
assigned to duty at military or naval reservations, posts, or bases, and workers
engaged or to be engaged in industries connected with and essential to the national
defense program, and includes the families of the aforesaid persons who are living
with them.
6. "Persons of low income" means persons or families who lack the amount of income
which is necessary, as determined by the housing authority undertaking the housing
project, to enable them, without financial assistance, to live in decent, safe, and
sanitary dwellings, without overcrowding.
7. "Veteran" means a person, as defined by section 37-01-40, who may be eligible under
the terms of sections 23-11-31 through 23-11-34 for aid or assistance.
The development of a project must be deemed to be initiated if a housing authority has issued
any bonds, notes, or other obligations with respect to financing the development of such project
of the authority, or has contracted with the federal government with respect to the exercise of
powers hereunder in the development of such project of the federal government for which an
allocation of funds has been made during the existence of this chapter.